Quads - Just a couple of questions

the newer quads are no match for the original quad esl.

save your money. buy a pair of used apogee duetta signatures.

i prefer electrostatic speakers to planar magnetics. however, the quads have gotten worse after they ceased production of the original quads, somewhere in the 1970's.

Many tube amps do sound fabulous on Quads. Though some solid state amps will perform well. I used Rowland amps every now and then on my Quads with gd results. I've used & owned a number of tube amps and I have owned several diff OTL amps. For the sake of quality control, reliability, and sonic performance, I prefer the Joule Electra amps over the Atmaspheres.

Historically, Quads thrived on power. Of course we are talking not just about amps with power but amps that combine power with high quality sonics. Power is not necessarily measured in watts as the lab created specs for watts usually is not indicative of power available in real world situations. Case in point, I'd bet a "little" less than 20 watt Viva amp would sound damn gd driving Quads.

If you do go for the Quads, have fun. They are fantastic speakers.

Duane & Gregadd,

would atma m60 have enought power for a 4 ohm load with less than 87 db? Would you need the zero-autoformer?

Thanks

I have traded in my 18 month old ML Odysseys for the Quad ESL 2905. The Quads as expected lack the LFE of the MLs but in every other way, to my ears, are among the best speakers out there. You need a minimum of 50wpc and no more than 100wpc.IMHO Tubes is the way to go.
Cheers

i need a big room for the new quad? i have 13 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 8. thanks.-